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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:34 PM Original message |
Kicking a gravely wounded US soldier in the face as he lays dying is LEGAL |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Simply amazing...a quote from the article |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. like I said below |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I'm really sick of justificatiions for this |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. war turns men into animals |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Great...so does ghettoization, but I've never heard a pro war person |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. No it doesn't turn all people into animals. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
77. You're right |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Ok you have hit the nail on the head |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. It's not a justification, NSMA-- it's a fact. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I understand the FACT and have no argument with that |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Is punishment what you are truly interested in here, NSMA? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
99. I didn't interpret it to mean that |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Absolutely it's a cop-out. I would never argue with that. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. I agree, the officers should be hit even harder |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
161. I'm not half as concerned with punishment as I am with our double standard |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
181. me too....that Americans can tolerate bush* acceptance of torture |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
74. Oh good grief |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #74 |
153. we want to scream, howl and cry |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 10:19 AM Response to Reply #153 |
176. Those were not soldiers hung from bridges, btw; those were mercs. |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #176 |
178. whatever.... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #178 |
179. Yep, just like it's ok for us to perpetrate 385 equivalent 911 attacks on |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #74 |
160. Exactly..thanks |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. no one who has never been in combat |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I for one refuse to excuse them: they're putting my cousin's husband in |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. You mean he joined the military but never dreamed he might have.. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
85. My husband joined 20 years ago, career army officer. He HAS killed |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Then he will keep hsi troops from doing this |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Yes it is command discipline. But individuals should be held to account |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. So ask your husband |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #100 |
122. He's deeply angry over the lack of soldiers being held accountable. As he |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #122 |
126. Why do yuo think my Husband retired from the navy |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. good book to read for some understanding |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. If you haven't been in battle |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. It is strange when you come back to any kind of normalcy and |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
80. Irony? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. More like "wholly expected" |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #87 |
102. LOL! "wHOLY expected." |
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mordarlar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
172. Too bad that many Iraqi children will have battle fatigue before they have |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #172 |
182. it's so sad...tragic.... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Supprt out Troops!" No matter how sadistic. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. If these were war crimes |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Just remember to say the same things when it's a US soldier lying on the |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. it happens in war |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. 1. They ARE war crimes; read the "quaint" Geneva Conventions and the |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. You are aware taht in the 18th century commanders |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. no |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. trust me, been there done taht |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Re-read my posts. I believe you've mistaken my extreme sarcasm |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I do not want anyone to do this |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Well, the truth be told, Zuni... |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
149. The Waffen SS were the elite combat arm of the SS structure... |
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Charon (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #149 |
173. Waffen SS |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. As i said, in other places |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #63 |
94. I can agree with that |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. no, Abu Ghraib is a good example of a violation |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. Hmm reread Geneva |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
113. At this late date, it wouldn't matter |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #113 |
123. Becuase US Military personnel are trapped in the same |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Well, we agree on that. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. multiple violations of the Geneva Conventions in that story... |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. there is nothing here that isn't common to every battle field ever. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I edited my response to reply to this pre-emptively.... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Exactly, if it were solely due to battlefield stress, they would not be |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. The Geneva Convention is suposed to do that |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
157. ummm, perhaps I misunderstand your question... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I am sure the Nazi's said that about their troops too |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. No, but the Nazis rounded up millions of people |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
134. falluja.... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. My husband is a US soldier; I'd prefer he not receive the same treatment |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. I'd prefer if neither was kicked in the face |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Watch your assumptions of "you've never been there". You know what |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
78. Zuni: Have YOU been in combat? |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #78 |
101. I am not justifying this at all |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. "Until you have been in combat..." |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #106 |
118. As I said, this behavior is not ok |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #118 |
133. That's why I said in other posts |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. How DARE you excuse this behavior. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Deleted message |
LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. The actions of those FEW soldiers put EVERY US SOLDIER, including |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Actually the actions of our administratin |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. No. I am just saying |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. But because the administration has given tacit approval to Abu Ghraib... |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
105. I agree our soldiers should show better behavior |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #105 |
116. Sigh. I'm not saying the soldiers are undeserving of support. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #116 |
125. I agree |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. He neither denied that it happens nor excused those who have done it.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Becuase it may be somebody you know who yuo went to that |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Yes, you are. We have a RESPONSIBILITY to be humane. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. People are confusing morality (does not exist in war |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. No, I'm not confusing that at ALL. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Reality is I am not making the point that command |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Yes, the officers need to be held responsible. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. No, but most armies deal wiht this with an article 15 |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
88. Didn't say I expect a full court martial. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Well this happens in war... but it happens more often when |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #93 |
103. And is that acceptable to you? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. It is not acceptable |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #108 |
117. Then I think we DO agree. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
107. I want them to show good behavior |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. Careful Zuni, that practice of stating facts can get you into trouble... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. No one is disputing facts, Blue to the Bone. |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Well, some are insinuating he doesn't support the troops... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. No, no one has suggested anything of the kind. |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Then I direct your attention to post number 39.... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. And do note the poster pointed out she's being sarcastic. |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Spin the poster's words which ever way makes you feel better.... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. ROFL! |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:03 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Glad you're so easily amused. Where in post #39 does the poster... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:07 PM Original message |
It seems she's responded to this sub-thread herself. |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
95. True, she's now saying that I support ILLEGAL actions by our troops... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #95 |
119. uh, nope...that's not what she's saying, either. n/t |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #95 |
120. I haven't ever been called "hysterical" about any issues by anyone |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. Then I'm hysterical as well 'cause...... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #124 |
129. Deleted message |
Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Mommie. She called me a rightwingnut. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Why would you infer such a thing? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #132 |
143. Deleted message |
Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. I'm 4 and a half. n/t |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #132 |
169. You ARE a rightwingnut, Bluey...and a troll who didn't make it to 1000 |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #169 |
177. YESSSSSSSS!!!!!! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #177 |
183. Endlich! |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #169 |
184. I got a PM about our late departed poster, blue |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #95 |
138. Ad hominem attack, Blue, weak... |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. You have a point there........ |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #140 |
145. It doesn't surprise me |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. And I'm crushed that you don't approve of me. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. It's a habit. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. Deleted message |
LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #146 |
155. EXCUSE me??? |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #67 |
110. You miss my point |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
79. FACT; kicking a dying POW in the face is ILLEGAL. You don't mention that |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Well said. n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Hmm first off this IS an insurgency |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #86 |
97. Thank you for your sane posts. They're a pleasure to read. n/t |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:05 PM Response to Reply #97 |
139. And never mind the incorrect "facts". |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #86 |
128. You are incorrect. The Iraqis most certainly ARE recognized as lawful |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. I have to ask again, where is anyone guilty of: |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 05:26 PM Response to Reply #128 |
163. No, they are an open insurgency |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #163 |
171. Rebellion against occupiers is allowed. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #86 |
136. One man's insurgent is another man's freedom-fighter.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #136 |
164. My friend you are very correct |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #86 |
148. IF he was a wounded combatant, rendered unable to fight... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #148 |
165. They are, but until we get officers at the highest levels |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #86 |
185. The US invasion of Iraq was as criminal as Germany's invasion of Poland |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
91. Where have I said a single time that the soldiers shouldn't be held.. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #91 |
112. I agree with you fully |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
180. scary...most of them are 'christians'....they LOVE this crusade... |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. bush* endangers every American soldier in his response to the torture |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Exactly. If we who are supposed to be "the greatest the most moral" show |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. While I am certain |
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localpolitician (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. If only... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Welcome to DU, localpolitician.... |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. hello localpolitician....WELCOME to DU !!! we're glad you joined us |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
44. I find myself shocked at the level of narrow-mindedness.... |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. My Favorite Part |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. You're not the only one... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
151. they're committing crimes in our names, for god's sake.... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. Every single individual soldier is accountable for their own actions. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. And not all twelve year olds kill..... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #68 |
92. Soldiers are not 12 year old children |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #92 |
109. No, no one said excusing their behavior altogether.... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #109 |
121. Excuse me? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #121 |
137. Perhaps I do LACK basic reading comprehension skills,.... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #137 |
159. No, I said accountablity on ALL LEVELS |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
150. there are laws against the behavior these soldiers exhibited... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #150 |
154. Well...as a matter of fact...there have been incidents where I have... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. I agree-- it's just that we too often hear a double standard... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
65. As Seymour Hersh has said: "Where are the officers?"... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. The officers have very good NOT exmaples to follow |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #73 |
90. As a former officer, I'd say you're 100% correct. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. I know for me much of this is not theory |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #73 |
115. when you have an immoral CinC |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #115 |
127. Correct, bingo, |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #115 |
152. that is so simplistic as to be an utter cop-out.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #152 |
167. Yuo do know of the principle |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #167 |
170. of course, but to lay all the blame for the crimes of soldiers... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #73 |
141. Look, we give these folks massively destructive weapons... |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
114. That makes perfect sense |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
82. It sickens me that human life is treated at the level |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #82 |
130. Shouldn't the United States be THE example for... |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #130 |
158. Exactly my friend.. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #158 |
162. Well said! |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
166. They were just letting off a little steam |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #166 |
168. Yeah, fraternities do worse... |
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RuleofLaw (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
174. I think I will view |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 10:02 AM Response to Reply #174 |
175. Funny you say that; I used to be a huge war movie fan. Now I can't watch |
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